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Martin Luther, A Treatise on Christian Liberty (1520)Martin Luther’s early works were essentially negative in tone: he explained what he found wrong with the Church and described or attacked it in detail. On Christian Liberty (written less than two months after the Letter to the German Nobility) is altogether different in spirit. Like his previous works, it was essentially an open letter to be read by the public, yet it was also addressed to a particular person — Pope Leo X. Luther simply explains his belief that salvation was achieved by faith alone, not through faith accompanied by good works. Following the normal pattern of theological debate, Luther supported his positions with citations from the Bible. Many have thought Christian faith to be an easy thing, and not a few have given it a place among the virtues. This they do because they have had noexperience of it, and have never tasted what great virtue there is in faith. For it is impossible that anyone should write well of it or well understand what is correctly written of it, unless he has at some time tasted the courage faith gives a man when trials oppress him. But he who has had even a faint taste of it can never write, speak, meditate, or hear enough concerning it. For it is a living fountain springing up into life everlasting, as Christ calls it in John 4. For my part, although I have no wealth of faith to boast of and know how scant my store is, yet I hope that, driven about by great and various temptations, I have attained to a little faith, and that I can speak of it, if not more elegantly, certainly more to the point, than those literalists and all too subtle disputants have hitherto done, who have not even understood what they have written. hat now all things are allowed them That I may make the way easier for the unlearned - for only such do I serve - I set down first these two propositions concerning the liberty and the bondage of the spirit: A Christian man is a perfectly free lord of all, subject to none. A Christian man is a perfectly dutiful servant of all, subject to all. Although these two theses seem to contradict each other, yet, if they should be found to fit together they would serve our purpose beautifully. For they are both Paul's own, who says, in I Corinthians 9, "Whereas I was free, I made myself the servant of all," and Romans 8, "Owe no man anything, but to love one another." Now love by its very nature is ready to serve and to be subject to him who is loved. So Christ, although Lord of all, was made of a woman, made under the law, and hence was at the same time free and a servant, at the same time in the form of God and in the form of a servant. Let us start, however, with something more remote from our subject, but more obvious. Man has a twofold nature, a spiritual and a bodily. According to the spiritual nature, which men call the soul, he is called a spiritual, or inner, or new man; according to the bodily nature, which men call the flesh, he is called a carnal, or outward, or old man, of whom the Apostle writes, in 2 Corinthians 4, "Though our outward man is corrupted, yet the inward man is renewed day by day." Because of this diversity of nature the Scriptures assert contradictory things of the same man, since these two men in the same man contradict each other, since the flesh lusteth against the spirit and the spirit against the flesh (Galatians 5). First, let us contemplate the inward man, to see how a righteous, free, and truly Christian man, that is, a new, spiritual, inward man, comes into being. It is evident that no external thing, whatsoever it be, has any influence whatever in producing Christian righteousness or liberty, nor in producing unrighteousness or bondage. A simple argument will furnish the proof. What can it profit the soul if the body fare well, be free and active, eat, drink, and do as it pleases? For in these things even the most godless slaves of all the vices fare well. On the other hand, how...

...Christian Symbolism in The Old Man and the Sea
Christian symbolism, especially images that refer to the crucifixion of Christ, is present throughout The Old Man and the Sea. Hemingway’s novel can be construed as an allusion to the Bible and the struggles of Jesus. Told simply and sparely, the contest between the old Cuban fisherman Santiago and a giant marlin is often seen as emblematic of human endurance and bravery against nearly...

...Martin Luther:
"On Christian Freedom"
(1520)
[The translation is by H. Wace and C.A. Buckheim,
in First Principles of the Reformation (Philadelphia, 1885);
translation based on the Erlangen Edition (1828-70)
of Luther’s Collected Works.]
Christian faith has appeared to many an easy thing; nay, not a few even reckon it among the social virtues, as it were; and this they do because they have not made proof of it experimentally, and have never tasted of...

...Introduction To Integrated Christian Apologetics
William James
Summary:
The word “apologetics” comes from the Greek word “apologia”, meaning to “make a defense”. Apologetics is a defense of one’s faith or persuasion. Christian Apologetics is therefore a defense of the Christian Faith offering the listener reasons why Christianity can be trusted and is believable.
With the growing followers of science and technology, birthing atheistic...

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The Beginning of Man
The human body is part of the natural order, but the soul is a special creation
Man’s free will makes him responsible for his choices
Man is subject to the law of his own nature and the explicit commandments of God; an innate sense of the distinction
Behind this order of man’s creation there is a purpose.
The End of Man
The human race exists to populate heaven – one by one.
“The end of man is realized...

...Leadership Education Worksheet
Radical Equations Worksheet 2
The purpose of this worksheet is to help you organize your thinking as you reflect on the assignment and prepare for class discussion. Address each of the items below and submit your worksheet electronically to the instructor prior to the class period the assignment is due. Bring a paper copy with you to class.
Assignment: Read Part 2 of Radical Equations: Civil Rights from Mississippi to the Algebra Project
Each...

...﻿‘Drawing upon the physiological and psychological literature base, describe how you would help an athlete of your choice enhance their sporting performance. You need to identify two physiological and two psychological strategies and report why you feel they will be beneficial to the athlete’
Introduction
Pyschological topics – Imagery and Goal Setting
Psychological topics – Aerobic Training and Ergogenic Acids (creatine)
The person in question is an 18-year-old male footballer...

...When I think about true happiness, I think of love, I think of friends, I think of the things I like doing. True happiness, is more than putting a smile on my face everyday, it is about feeling good, on the inside, and out. It is about expressing my true feelings and not holding them back, for fear of hurting others. True happiness, is having someone Love you for who you are, and without any regrets. True happiness are those little things that will continuously spark up our life!
Love, is...